UPCOMING PROGRAMMES

Designing & Facilitating Effective Learning Experiences

The School of Continuing Education at Azim Premji University is happy to announce the fifth batch of the Certificate Course on ‘Designing & Facilitating Effective Learning Experiences’, from Mar 05th to 10th 2018 at Wipro Learning Centre, Wipro Corporate Office, Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road,
Bengaluru – 560035.

This course will cover aspects of workshop design and
facilitation skills in an effective, efficient, and appealing way to
achieve the intended learning outcomes.

Participants will work through a structured process from
identifying learning needs to design, develop, deliver, and
evaluate learning effectiveness. This is done using a guided
discovery and practice process with learning scenarios and
problems that participants will bring to the course.

Participants will take away various templates, handouts, and
job-aids to appreciate the development of learning collaterals.
The course provides space and time for learners to reflect,
share, and build on their experiences through in-class
assignments, discussions, and engaging activities in the
evening.

For more information about the Course and Registration details Click here

Designing & Facilitating Effective Learning Experiences

The School of Continuing Education at Azim Premji University is happy to announce the fifth batch of the Certificate Course on ‘Designing & Facilitating Effective Learning Experiences’, from Dec 11th to 16th 2017 at Wipro Learning Centre, Wipro Corporate Office, Doddakannelli, Sarjapur Road,
Bengaluru – 560035.

This course will cover aspects of workshop design and
facilitation skills in an effective, efficient, and appealing way to
achieve the intended learning outcomes.

Participants will work through a structured process from
identifying learning needs to design, develop, deliver, and
evaluate learning effectiveness. This is done using a guided
discovery and practice process with learning scenarios and
problems that participants will bring to the course.

Participants will take away various templates, handouts, and
job-aids to appreciate the development of learning collaterals.
The course provides space and time for learners to reflect,
share, and build on their experiences through in-class
assignments, discussions, and engaging activities in the
evening.

For more information about the Course and Registration details Click here

Pedagogy of Early Reading and Writing

Date: Nov 20-25, 2017

Last Date of registration: Nov 03, 2017

The School of Continuing Education and University Resource Centre of Azim Premji University, Bangalore announces a Course on the Pedagogy of Early Reading and Writing. This course is the latest addition to our list of in service programmes, specifically designed for the faculty and teacher educators of State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs), Colleges of Teacher Education(CTEs), District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and the Resource Persons of non-Government organizations (NGOs) working in the field of Education and Development. This 6 day Certificate Course on Pedagogy of Early Reading and Writing will be conducted from 20th November to 25th November 2017.

The world is going through a phase of rethinking about early literacy and its relation to learning. In the recent days live debates about the relevance of reading and writing across the curriculum, as a window to all learning has woken us up to the disturbing reality that classroom pedagogy has fallen short of global discourses and practices. Literacy pedagogy needs to transform itself from the avatar of a mechanical skill to be understood as tool of the mind, a process for thinking and articulating ones thoughts. Somehow schools do not teach children to read and write in such a way as to go beyond information, search for books, extend their learning and become lifelong readers. There is a growing awareness that this understanding needs to inform classroom pedagogy in the D El Ed classrooms. This has led to the designing of this course which will prompt teacher educators to examine the current situation of literacy pedagogy and to explore the comprehensive approach to literacy pedagogy.

Imagining Development: From Vision to Action

The School of Continuing Education and University Resource Centre(SCE-URC) of Azim Premji Universityhas a clearly stated purpose to build capabilities of professionals in education and development sector (both in government and civil society organizations);evolve and promote the use of quality standards in education, including assessment principles and frameworks; as well as influence policy through work with state and national-level institutions This is also an explicit commitment of APU & SCE-URC to the idea that education contributes to social change.

We, at Azim Premji University, believe that development sector is changing fast in terms of its scope and content - which in turn requires specialised and relevant capacities for working professionals. Therefore, need based short term courses are designed to cater to the professional requirement of development practitioners,contributing to the work of 'Development'.

The ten day certificate course (Nov 14 – 23, 2017) "Imagining Development: From Vision to Action" is part of the aforementioned endeavour. This courseaims at connecting technical competencies, with imagination and vision of a desired future, and locating development goals within that imagination.

Language across Curriculum

Date: Nov 6-10, 2017

Last Date of registration: Oct 20, 2017

In order to enhance the capacity of practicing professionals working in the field of Education and Development, the School of Continuing Education and University Resource Centre of Azim Premji University, Bangalore has designed and conducted a number of capacity enhancement programmes till date and the present course entitled Language across Curriculum is the latest addition to our list of in service programmes specifically meant for the Faculty and teacher educators of State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs), Institutes of Advanced Studies in Education (IASEs) Colleges of Teacher Education(CTEs), District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) and the Resource Persons of non-Government organizations (NGOs) working in the field of Education.

As all school subjects are learnt through language, teachers as well as teacher educators need to develop a critical understanding of the nature and role of language in the context of the child and the curriculum and this assumption has prompted us to design this 5 day Certificate course from 6 November to 10 November 2017.

It is pertinent to note that the course documents for the Bachelor of Education and the Diploma in Teacher Education programmes published by the National Council for Teacher Education also highlighted the importance of a Language across Curriculum perspective in teacher education. The language papers of these programmes are based on the assumption that language is a tool to understand concepts in different content areas such as Social Sciences, Sciences or Mathematics and in view of the thrust given to the Language across Curriculum perspective in the policy documents, this 5 day course will enable the participants to develop perspectives on language and to understand and experience the centrality of language by relating it to the overall objectives of the curriculum.

Exploring Sustainability in the Indian Context - Online Course

Rapid and widespread environmental, economic and social changes have led to urgent global questions of sustainability. Concerns of sustainability in developing countries like India can be very different than that of industrialised countries. In developing countries, equity and social justice are central to addressing sustainability, along with environmental concerns.

This interdisciplinary, multi-instructor course provides an introduction to sustainability within the context of development in India. We develop an integrated perspective on sustainability along ecological and social dimensions, and use these to examine critical themes of importance to India, like population, food, and climate change. We explore how our imagination of culture, markets, state, and even of nature itself influences sustainability action. We end with examining how to take sustainability action - as individuals, communities and larger collectives, and across all scales, from the local to the global.

Participants in this completely online course are expected to watch video lectures, join interactive online video-discussions with expert faculty from different domains, and participate in discussion forums. Those who complete all activities and tests and submit assignments will get a Certificate of Completion from Azim Premji University
Participants in this completely online course are expected to watch video lectures, join interactive online video-discussions with faculty and participate in discussion forums. Those who complete all activities and tests and submit assignments will get a Certificate of Completion from Azim Premji University.

The intellectual storehouse that are the students and the faculty. Something we could tap into any time and come out satisfied and stimulated.

R. Sridhar Rao
M.A. in Development I Class of 2014

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It was in Gudalur, an amazing landscape in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu, that I did my two week field immersion. The exposure to the vast share of unseen indigenous knowledge and culture of the Adivasi community in Gudalur was an exciting experience.